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| author | Michael Karcher <flashrom@mkarcher.dialup.fu-berlin.de> | 2010-03-12 06:41:39 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Karcher <flashrom@mkarcher.dialup.fu-berlin.de> | 2010-03-12 06:41:39 +0000 |
| commit | 31fd8254cf93e577188016676c4eac3ccbfab06d (patch) | |
| tree | e08d59d80c61e211701cb7484957f13bac79d77e | |
| parent | 0b9e2a746efa97f3d973c848525a0969dd64dc8d (diff) | |
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Tell users to probe/backup first
Corresponding to flashrom svn r931.
Signed-off-by: Michael Karcher <flashrom@mkarcher.dialup.fu-berlin.de>
Acked-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>
| -rw-r--r-- | flashrom.8 | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ checking that your flashrom version won't interpret options in a different way. .PP You can specify one of \-E, \-r, \-w, \-v or no operation. If no operation is specified, then all that happens -is that flash info is dumped and the flash chip is set to writable. +is that flash info is dumped and the flash chip is set to writable. It is +recommended that if you try flashrom the first time on a system, you run it +in probe only mode and check the output. Also you are advised to make a +backup of your current ROM contents with \-r before you try to write a new +image. .TP .B "\-r, \-\-read <file>" Read flash ROM contents and save them into the given |